they say there is more to learn than not.that children are the future.shaping young minds is most admirable.working through waysfor a few hoursmakes up for lifetimes without.the gift of knowledgemakes all the difference.

it is not our place to tell them how to be.we can only show them

for a young student who worked through his emotional attachment to a "pet bug" during our recess time.

Waltzing through the chaos that life’s left for today,Dragging along my battered horn in case she wants to play‘Scuse me, Ms. Bartender, but I’ve got something to sayAin’t nobody listening to the radio anyway

I don’t need a soapbox, no suit or microphoneJust a little place to spread some truth wherever I may roamI speak straight from the bottom of a bottle left at homeThe struggle’s so much easier when you take it on alone

Hear ye, hear ye, gather round to hear a taleOf dreaming big, working hard, but destined still to fail